DIE Veneris, 20 Decembris.
Domini tam Spirituales quam Temporales præsentes
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Arch. Cant.
Epus. London.
Epus. Exon.
Epus. Lich. & Cov. |
Ds. Cowper, Cancellarius.
Dux Kingston, C. P. S.
Dux Kent. Senescallus.
Dux St. Albans.
Dux Devonshire.
Dux Marlborough.
Dux Montrose.
March. Annandale.
Comes Derby.
Comes Dorset.
Comes Sunderland.
Comes Clarendon.
Comes Burlington.
Comes Abingdon.
Comes Holderness.
Comes Warrington.
Comes Rochford.
Comes Godolphin.
Comes Orkney.
Comes Strafford.
Comes Carnarvon.
Comes Bristol.
Comes Sussex.
Viscount Townshend.
Viscount Tadcaster.
Viscount Gastleton.
Viscount Stanhope. |
Ds. Willoughby Er.
Ds. Delawar.
Ds. Compton.
Ds. Teynham.
Ds. Byron.
Ds. Cornwallis.
Ds. Lumley.
Ds. Weston.
Ds. Haversham.
Ds. Gower.
Ds. Rosse.
Ds. Harcourt.
Ds. Boyle.
Ds. Montjoy.
Ds. Foley.
Ds. Bathurst.
Ds. Bingley.
Ds. Harborough.
Ds. Carleton.
Ds. Cobham.
Ds. Parker.
Ds. Coningesby.
Ds. Torrington.
Ds. Pawlet Bas. |
PRAYERS.
Messages from H. C. with Bills.
A Message was brought from the House of Commons, by Mr. Farrer and others:
With a Bill, intituled, "An Act for granting an
Aid to to His Majesty, by a Land Tax, to be raised
in Great Britain, for the Service of the Year One
Thousand Seven Hundred and Eighteen;" to which
they desire the Concurrence of this House.
A Message was brought from the House of Commons,
by Mr. London and others:
With a Bill, intituled, "An Act for naturalizing
Abraham Boetefeur;" to which they desire the Concurrence of this House.
Land Tax Bill.
Hodie 1a
vice lecta est Billa, intituled, "An Act for
granting an Aid to His Majesty, by a Land Tax, to
be raised in Great Britain, for the Service of the
Year One Thousand Seven Hundred and Eighteen."
Breedon's Petition referred to Judges.
Upon reading the Petition of John Breedon of Croton,
John Breedon an Infant, by Thomas Breedon Clerk, his
Father and Guardian; praying, "That Leave may be
given to bring in a Bill, for Sale of Part of the Manor
of Pangborne, in the County of Berks, for Payment
of the Sum of Two Thousand Pounds, and Interest,
and Costs, pursuant to a Decree of the Court of
Chancery:"
It is Ordered, by the Lords Spiritual and Temporal
in Parliament assembled, That the Consideration of the
said Petition be, and is hereby, referred to the Lord
Chief Justice of the Court of Common Pleas and Mr.
Justice Tracy; who are forthwith to summon all Parties
concerned in the Bill; and, after hearing them, to
report to the House the State of the Case, with
their Opinion thereupon, under their Hands, and
whether all Parties that may be concerned in the Consequences of the Bill have signed the Petition; and
also that the Judges, having perused the Bill, do sign
the same.
D. of Kent, &c. Petition referred to Judges.
Upon reading the Petition of Henry Duke of Kent,
and of Anthony Grey Esquire, commonly called Lord
Harold, Son and Heir Apparent of the said Duke; praying, "That Leave may be given to bring in a Bill,
for giving full Powers to the Petitioners, to make,
out of the several Estates in the Petition mentioned, proper Jointures for any Wife or Wives of
the said Lord Harold, and Provision for his Daughters
or Younger Children; and to repeal and make void
an uncommon and restrictive Clause in an Act of Parliament, passed in the Fifteenth of King Charles the
Second, which may otherwise hinder the due Execution of the said Powers; and for other Purposes
in the Petition expressed:"
It is Ordered, That the Consideration of the said
Petition be, and is hereby, referred to the Lord Chief
Baron of the Court of Exchequer and Mr. Justice Eyre;
who are forthwith to summon all Parties concerned in
the Bill; and, after hearing them, to report to the
House the State of the Case, with their Opinion thereupon, under their Hands, and whether all Parties
that may be concerned in the Consequences of the Bill
have signed the Petition; and also that the Judges, having perused the Bill, do sign the same.
Lockart & al. Petition referred to Judges.
Upon reading the Petition of James Lockart Esquire
and Sir John Stanley Baronet, on Behalf of themselves
and John Lockart, Anne, Dorothy, and Martha Lockart,
Infants, Children of the said James Lockart by Dorothy
his late Wife; praying, "That Leave may be given
to bring in a Bill, so enable the said Sir John Stanley,
instead of the Purchase of other Lands, pursuant to
an Act passed in the Third and Fourth Years of Her
late Majesty, to dispose of the Trust-monies in
Discharge of the Debts affecting the said James Lockart, and to enable him, in Lieu thereof, to make
Provision for his Younger Children, by granting an
Heritable Bond upon the Entailed Estate.
It is Ordered, That the Consideration of the said
Petition be, and is hereby, referred to the Lord Chief
Justice of the Court of Common Pleas and Mr. Justice
Tracy; who are forthwith to summon all Parties concerned in the Bill; and, after hearing them, to report
to the House the State of the Case, with their Opinion
thereupon, under their Hands, and whether all Parties
that may be concerned in the Consequences of the Bill
have signed the Petition; and also that the Judges, having perused the Bill, do sign the same.
Bp. Litch. & Cov. to preach 30th January.
Ordered, That the Lord Bishop of Litchfield and
Coventry be, and he is hereby, desired to preach before
this House, in the Abbey Church, Westm'r, on the
Thirtieth Day of January next.
Moor & al. versus Mattocks & al.
Whereas the Petition and Appeal of Boyl. Moor and
others, presented to this House the last Session of Parliament, complaining of an Order made in the Court
of Chancery in Ireland, the Third Day of December
1715, in a Cause wherein Thomas Mattocks and others
were Plaintiffs, and the Appellants Defendants, so
far as the said Order relates to the Allowance of the
Plaintiffs Exceptions to the Master's Report, and
the Disallowance of the Appellants Exceptions, and
also of several other Orders of the said Court, came on
to be heard on the Fourth of June last; and the Counsel for the (fn. *) Respondent objecting to the Generality of
the said Appeal, this House did then order, "That the
Hearing the same should be adjourned; and that the
Appellants Agents should give to the Respondents
Agents Notice, in Writing, of the particular Exceptions and Branches of Exceptions they intended to
insist and stand upon:" And this Day being, by Order
of this House, of the Ninth Instant, appointed for
hearing the said Cause:
Counsel were accordingly called in, to be heard.
And the Appellants Counsel proceeding:
The Respondents Counsel objected, "That the
Exceptions, or the greatest Part of them, contained
in the List, or Note, given them by the Appellants
Agents, were determined by an Order of the said
Court of Chancery, from which they had not appealed;
and that those Exceptions were not sufficiently distinguished."
And thereupon the said Order of this House of the
Fourth of June, and Note or List of Exceptions, being
read:
The Counsel were directed to withdraw.
And, after some Time, were again called in.
And the Lord Chancellor, by Direction of the House,
acquainted them, "That the Lords, having considered
the State and Nature of this Case, and foreseeing it
will be impracticable to determine the same before
the approaching Recess, do therefore order, That
the Hearing thereof be adjourned to the First vacant
Day after the Meeting of the House after the Recess;
and, that there may be the less Perplexity and Delay
in the Hearing the Matter of the said Cause, their
Lordships, thinking the List, or Note, of Exceptions
given to the Respondents Counsel, to be more general
than was intended by the said Order of this House
of the Fourth of June, do therefore direct, that the
same be amended; and that the particular Matters
of all the Exceptions and Branches of Exceptions,
which the Appellants think fit to insist and stand
upon at the Hearing, be specified in such List or
Note; and that the Appellants Counsel do sign the
same, to the End that nothing frivolous or impertinent, nor any Exception, or Branch of Exception, for
which there shall not appear to be some probable
Ground of Debate, be therein inserted; and further,
that such List, or Note, so signed, be delivered to the
Agent or Agents for the (fn. *) Respondent Six Days before
the Hearing the said Cause."
Adjourn.
Dominus Cancellarius declaravit præsens Parliamentum continuandum esse usque ad et in diem Sabbati,
vicesimum primum diem instantis Decembris, hora undecima Aurora, Dominis sic decernentibus.